/erp/ - Erotic Roleplay

Nice typo, Wicked

>>150717

Well, fuck

I've been wondering, what does the empress look like? Nobody has described her (as far as I recall) Is there anyone who isn't corrupted who actually knows her?

Wicked might be saving those details for later, so what do the girls in the group imagine she's like?

And if WN has already described her before then I'm just dumb.

>>151562

I just went with the assumption she looked something like the current thread starter in the play thread.

>>151564

Funny because that's what made me wonder.

>>151562

Depends on who you are, she got a loose description in the trial run of the current rules. That was quite a while ago, so a number of you might have never even heard of the game yet.

>>151564

TBH, it's really hard to find anything that matches a predefined idea, the image I opened the new thread was "close enough" to the general image. The only specific detail that quite matched what I thought up is the tits.

Wanted to draw myself, but I can't even squeeze in my art reps on the regular. (maybe I can change that starting today.) Key things I wanted her to have were:

Blonde hair with no more than two locks of red mixed in.

Tiny black dress that's barely more than straps in front and defies physics to stay in just the right place.

And a tiny waist like what Oda is sometimes infamous for.

>>151573

It's Marina, so I'm not enough of a veteran.

>The only specific detail that quite matched what I thought up is the tits.

At least the most important aspect for reference is there.

And that description sounds rather nice.

Well folks, if this is the end of this run, I just wanna say it's been a pretty fun one (though I would've liked to get some more "team-building exercises" in). If you decide to run it again, Wicked, I'll try and squeeze myself in. Hope I'll see some familiar faces too.

Anyone wanting to find me, drop a note here.

https://www.f-list.net/c/meddlesome%20mahous

>>151919

… Or if it's not the end of the run and people start posting again, just ignore most of the above.

>>151919

Truly was a blast. Thank you all for the wonderful time.

On the off chance that we're still up I should be good to tag back in

>>151952

May as well try making a post before the turn ends in a few hours

>>151953

eh, don't wanna force it in case everyone comes back. If someone is about to get booted though I'm fully charged.

>>151955

Ah, back in buisness. 4/5 active players are in so the update is happening. However Akane hasn't showed up in this span of time, and three turns have passed counting this one so the slot is potentially up for grabs. (Though normal rules say she has one last turn to reclaim active status.)

So in short, EI gets Akane's slot if Akane doesn't show up by next turn. (though either way on return there's a check penalty for holding up an enemy NPC.)

Kind of wondering how long Isabel wanted the slot kept reserved. I'm not eager to go back up to full players slots with a sizable pile of NPCs involved already, so I think I'll put the character marker in storage for now. That said It's been a while since Isabel peeked in last.

>>151962

I was just gonna say. A little break does a lot of wonder, but this one turned into a longer break.

S'been a hell of a ride, and I'm sorry the absense went on so long. I'm not in a good space life wise, but I think I can find time to come back.

I hope everyone's been swell.

>>152010

Hope you're getting better still, come back when you're ready. As I said last post I've allowed a large number of NPCs in that are supposed to be autonomous.

Not to try and make this a downer party, but honestly I haven't been that well off emotionally myself for a while. Not that anything happened, I just feel increasingly trapped in an endless pit of mediocrity.

>Akane drops just as we're about to meet up again

Fugg…

>>152010

Glad to see you poking your head back in! Been kinda lonely here without you and El trading nauseatingly sweet walls of text. But don't forget Sylvie still owes you both favors~

VC: Orgkei

>>152017

I can sympathize. But you know what they say, "If you're going through hell, keep going." If spinning your wheels looks like it's getting you nowhere, then stopping the wheels will definitely get you nowhere faster. It's 4 in the morning and I'm not really sure what I'm saying, but here's hoping you can find a bit of traction somewhere.

So I went and added a fair bit to the new rules doc. Kind of dotted things around, I meant to get around to elaborate on multitasking (Basically how you can do multiple tasks in a single action if they make sense together, but the quality of your success drops for each detail you add.)

>>152069

So to clarify, are we gonna start using the new rules next thread, or next fresh wipe?

>>152129

It's a new rules doc, not a new rules doc. Basically I'm rewriting what I already have down.

Should probably start making some actual decisions on how the Risus ruleset will work exactly, whether to include character growth, that sort of thing. Didn't want o just copy-paste, though I should definitely do a side-by side to get everything important down.

Actually, on second thought I might want to actualt change rulesets this game instead of keeping the current for another several floors. Cthulu dark isn't intended as a winnable game, Risus is.

I think I'll be using it as listed, with addons like the map and the pumped dice option working as I said earlier.

The sticking point of Risus would be deciding the target numbers. if you're fine with throwing them blindly that's one ting, but if you want to know your roll target in advance, then that's ping and pong before your roll, as well as a chance to decide to try something else. Arguably it's more of an issue if you wall want to wait till the end of the "turn" to decide and make your action.

Target numbers are on a sliding scale of usability. So the less appropriate the task for the action, the higher the numerical target. It'll basically be a detail that varies based on my personal judgement.

If you want, you can go ahead and start reinventing the game side of your characters. The short version is that you have 10 dice to spend on as many cliches (abilities) as you want. (up to ten logically, but that's probably not the smartest way to use them.)

The suggested cap is 4 dice per cliche, I'll allow higher primarily based on "hooks" and "tales" The former is a weakness that might come up in-game, the latter is extra writing about your character, I'm thinking a 2k based on what the pdf says.

The most interesting "hooks" would be your character's secret turn-ons, whoch would raise the target to resist a temptation without losing dice. (Keeping 5 for the base, less than which is instant conversion)

With that in mind, I've decided that regen or tests should be more forgiving since corruption is a slippery slope now.

>>152318

Okie dokie, looks like we have some work to do then! Any plan on when the swap will happen? Hell we could even switch over mid-floor if enough people are down for it. I'll look over the Risus rules again and try to have my new sheet in tomorrow.

While we're still on this system, do we still roll when failing intentionally? Threw in a die for it anyway.

>>152329

Well, as soon as possible if everyone's onboard and I have a good idea of how I'm going to do everything. So basically as soon as I nail down the rules for my addons and everyone playing has a character sheet for the new ruleset.

>>152333

No, you could just skip the die. Just clearly note that you're passing on whatever. Ideally, bold it like an action. I think I'll go ahead and carry over that idea and the lewd points, though possibly re-balancing them on the other end.

I've been meaning to read the Risus stuff, but I just haven't gotten a good chance yet. Haven't meant to be quiet on the subject.

>>152337

I think it might not be too hard to switch over. Character-creation wise, instead of picking three specialties you have 10 dice to spread among your cliches. Meaning you could have four cliches instead of three, but that means your dice are spread thinner.

One thing that came back to mind is Marina leaving her chain behind. "tools" are a part of the risus ruleset. I figured we could ignore that for magical abilities, but then again I also like the idea that re-summoning a magical weapon for instance should take power.

Once again I'll say a potential sticking point is roll targets for "tests," which vary based on how fitting the cliche used is. I'd have to know what a player intends to do to assign a roll target, so that's probably going to come down to either players being more decisive and telling me their actions well in advance, or everyone will just have to roll blindly and be fine with me deciding the target afterward. Scale as I see it:

0: rare, but possible. The ability used is exactly what is needed, making success automatic. May not consume a turn.

5: not particularly challenging. The ability used is quite fitting, but there's a margin of error.

10: not quite fitting, or the challenge presented is a bit more significant.

15: the ability isn't really fitting, but there's a sensible improvisation. alternately a significant obstacle, even for someone with the right ability

20: either an unreasonable improvisation or a challenge/threat that would be difficult for even an experienced and well-equipped adventurer.

30: Insanity. Either an improvisation that shouldn't work (but somehow does if the roll succeeds) Or the task attempted is itself so absurdly difficult that only the best prepared have a chance, and a slim one at that.

Came up with something I like for the armor though. pulling back from clothing damage on this: give your character outfit parts numbered 1 through 5. When we test against wardrobe, roll a d6. whichever part is rolled is removed, a 6 or a part that's already missing is a pass. Mathematically it's the same as now, so we could just leave it as-is. but this little tweak gives us a bit of harkening back to the head/upperbody/lowerbody deal.

So as usual I was looking over the player prefs spreadsheet.

I noticed Silver has "Forced Clotheswearing" as a "fav," but all the clothes in the cosmetic section are "no"s. I made some space for suggestions of what other kinds of clothes might be forced on a character, or even just put on NPCs (who will mostly be enemies) for mental-image appeal.

>hitting 5 Corruption

Fugg, I really wanna make a follow-up, but I gotta be out the door like now.

I kinda wouldn't mind falling in this room, since I had a sort of "Dark Hunter" theme in mind for a corrupt Sylvie, it sort of ties in to what she's got going on right now

>>152318

Since nobody else has chimed in on it, I just wanna say I like the idea of having blind rolls. I think if we knew what we were rolling against, the playstyle would become slower and more cautious as we take a step back to consider our actions with hard numbers, which I think is sort of the opposite of what we ideally want.

I trust Wicked won't fuck us over unfairly unless it'd turn into something sexy, that is

Currently, my Risus character has virtually no changes.

Shooting Star Bow (4)/Athletic (3)/Radiant Starlight (3)

I might want to do a Hook or a Tale, but I haven't had the time to do any significant writeups for them. The obvious Hook would be Sylvie's chronic bad luck, but that's not as juicy as a bit of in-character fetish fuel, I think.

happy halloween, everbody. I just started 2 jobs, still planning on returning as i'm able to find time.

Trick or treat, magical girlfriends?

>>153082

Nice to see you checking in. Hope double employment is a good time for you.

>>153082

Good seein' ya poke your head around. Hope you can come back before Elly finds someone else to obsess over!

>Trick or treat, magical girlfriends?

Trick. Definitely trick.

>>153082

Oof, best of luck to you on that. Sounds busy.

Anyway, the long delayed Risus sheet! 3 cliches is good for now, right?

Electromancer (4)/Dancer (4)/Telepathic messenger (2) Hook:Mental weak-point

>>153125

You don't spend dice of hooks and tales, they're something that earns you extra dice if you want more than the standard ten. Especially if you want one of your cliches/abilities to have more than four dice. Any hooks or tales will have to be DM-approved however, so keep that in mind when you're picking.

Hooks will have to be things I can use, things that could already be expected to happen. Obviously I'm not going to approve "crippling fear of spiders" on a character whose player has listed a hard NO on insects/bugs in the preferences document. I'm not going to randomly dot regular spiders around the tower to take advantage of a "hook" like that. Different story if your preferences at least accommodate giant ovipositing tarantulas.

A "hook" will generally mean higher targets for tests that involve that particular weakness. As a relatively tame example, let's say Sylvie has her bad luck as a hook, and starts coming across some of Henrietta's territory where a door is locked and the "key" is getting a good enough score at a puzzle game. She plays the game to unlock the door, which would normally be 10. But darnit, she only gets the worst pieces. This brings the target up to 15.

For this reason, giving your character a secret kink/fetish in line with your prefs doc settings is almost a given.

As for Tales, I think I'll take any fun, interesting, or steamy back story or side-story in the 2K pallpark, as sort of a throwback to ero-empire.

So still mulling over what will be different for the Risus game, because while a lot can swap 1 to 1, some things should probably change.

For example, changing the way moving multiple rooms works. If the rooms are empty, moving multiple rooms by itself automatically passes. (But roll anyway, because there could always be a trap or looming enemy in an adjacent room)

"rushing" like this to accomplish something a couple rooms away adds 5 to what the target would be if you were already there. More if there's hazards in the way, or you try to rush even farther.

Also purification options: These need to change to re-balance how resisting temptation is going to be less forgiving. Stepping a bit away from the previous ruleset, I may drop self-purge for more "character bonding" like in the clothing damage ruleset. Perhaps swap out a lot of the risk of being corrupted for a purity ceiling at whoever's still most pure. (Making it safer but capped seems the best way to be more generous while having a limit.) Basically you'd roll "heroic resolve" and your roll divided by 5(rounded down) would be how high your ally's purity goes. (This makes it possible for a player with 5 dice to raise an ally to 6 dice on an epic Yahtzee, though otherwise you can't raise an ally's purity higher than your own.)

But then again how "safe" should this even be? Instant turning for a corruption roll less than 5 is a scary but exciting option. I'm thinking the second tier "pass but lose one die" should go up by 5 for each two points missing. (So reneging from being stripped or purifying a ally on the razor's edge would cost you a die if you get lest than 15 or 20 depending on whether it adds from the base 5.)

After what I've said about the CD ruleset, I think it'd be real nice without all my addons. If planning is slow and we finish the game with the current rules, it might be nice to switch gears and do a more pure CD run. Say we start with Calista having won, and players a muggles trying to escape the conquered city.

>>153252

>>153252

Phoning in from (the new) work. Just reached to say I pointed a few new people to the thread here, if they pop in please make them feel welcome. They're good.

How's risus look? I haven't had the chance to read yet

Damn! Beaten here by the one who directed me.

I'm interested in joining this game and was pointed here from elsewhere. I'm still reading over the rulesets and working on finalizing thoughts on a character but figured it best to speak up all the same that I'm keen on joining.

If you'll have me: Should I be making a character with the current or new rules?

I'm into a lot of the components of corruption and magical girls in general, so I'm not here to produce /incredibly/ off the wall kinks for the setting at least! (no promises)

Then again, Flip Flappers is my favorite Mahou Shoujo, so we'll see how that goes. I'd provide a pic unrelated or something but I dunno what's acceptable practice around these parts yet.

>>153281

>>153283

With /erp/'s apparent userbase eroding, I hadn't even considered someone might want to join while the idea of a transition is in the air.

That said it's simple enough to make a character in the current ruleset, the main question I have is "Does this mean Isabel wants to open her slot to one of these people?" If so, we can plop you into the current game pretty quickly.

Changing rulesets is on the table, but I think I'm holding it to a big IF because all the players involved need to be okay with the new ruleset. All the same submitting Risus versions of characters will help hammer down a framework of what's acceptable or not.

As for main kinks, Corruption, yuri, and of course tentacles and creatures of that type. Other's are more a mix of inspiration and catering to specific players.

Flip Flappers is nice. I don't usually re-watch stuff, but in this case it might be good for inspiration.

>>153291

>That said it's simple enough to make a character in the current ruleset, the main question I have is "Does this mean Isabel wants to open her slot to one of these people?" If so, we can plop you into the current game pretty quickly.

I'm not sure about that. But updates have been slow, and there's more NPCS to go round - and you did mention you might raise the player cap.

I had a sneaking suspicion LM might be more interested in playing a corrupt girl, like we used to have running around, and wanted to raise that possibility .

>>153321

Well, it would seem appropriate for the Empress to send more "sweepers" at this point, a player joining on the corrupt side would be nice for that

Well, I need to get more creative anyway, I guess I can bump the cap back up to the classic 8, especially if someone's joining on the dark side.

>>153348

Well, we have several kemonmimi characters, so having a sailor and a pirate doesn't seem like a problem to me.

Personality Traits make for fine mundane traits, and that one isn't out of the question, but it would seem a bit hard to pin down. If you're open to suggestion, maybe something along the lines of "treasure hunter?" I can't think of any specialties currently in play that are quite geared to searching surroundings.

Finally, some time off. time to play catch up.

>>153350

>Personality Traits make for fine mundane traits, and that one isn't out of the question, but it would seem a bit hard to pin down. If you're open to suggestion, maybe something along the lines of "treasure hunter?" I can't think of any specialties currently in play that are quite geared to searching surroundings.

This is RIPE for a booty finding joke. Just saying. Whether its deals, treasure, or companionship… a booty seeker's duty is to use it.

>>153393

You did not.(but now that you have, I kinda like it) I don't know much about the backstory involving misery and the valkyrie. I have been thinking a bit about the independants, like lizzy.

What's with the memory sealing thing/did the conflict end in friendship/are the two kind of uneasy allies now? Were anyone else affected?

Just. showing up and causing havoc while picking a side.

Personally I don't see why a game change is needed. Not sure how it helps, and in some way I feel it would cause players to take less risks and move in massive groups, using Cleric to heal every time they take a hit because one mistake is potentially crippling. It encourages minmaxing instead of more rounded characters as well.

>>153416

Well if I had to pin down how the pact worked, it was a combination of Queen misery's mind control powers and some latent unrealized purification ability the Valkyrie has hazy awareness of at best. Besides the two of them, it also buried the memories of everyone who was controlled by the queen. The Valkyrie's allies were aware of who the two now powerless and confused girls were, but agreed to keep the matter a secret after they figured it out.

On either side, I lean towards the idea that the two of them aren't in close contact and may or may not know where eachother are now. Given in the game's universe there's been more time since the reawakening, they've probably met at some point. However it may be only Rachel that's aware of it. In either case some time has passed, and not everyone will recognize her easily.

As for Lizzy, she lives in the outer ring. It's more or less where the "old guard" sets the border, meaning things are more chaotic there. Lizzy is in a fortunate position because her enchanted tools don't look particularly magical at a glance.

>>153419

It isn't particularly needed, but it seems like a base ruleset more in line with the type of game i had in mind initially. As much as I like the less than 5 = failure idea, it may be a bit too much though. Unless it's re-balanced with another fundamental mechanic, for example addiction.

The thing that makes the 5 minimum to stay pure exciting is that it's more likely a character will suddenly switch sides and trigger some steamy yuri. If it causes you to run through "turns" on the pure side after however, it's a situation where characters become more disposable. If characters can just be re-purified an unlimited number of times however, there's less of a hard deterrent and more of an excuse to play on the other side of the scenario.

But then again, part of the issue may lie in the approach of players, and whether they think of this as a game to play strategically to maximize chances of winning, or a dice-guided underpinning to lewd scenarios.

>>153425

So I know the general gist is to make a character and showcase them. She hasn't really changed substantially from my proposal further up the thread, but I went and made an F-List profile to collate all of it, and with it I'm ready for. . . anything left before I can join!

https://www.f-list.net/c/eloise%20demarchant

Summary of new information:

-Jesus christ all of my kinks, my balls are out on stream.

-outfit transitions from 'rogue admiral' to 'slutty pirate' as corruption rises

-Emphasized pride and geekiness

-Body type is athletic girl build with some nice hips, ass, & feet.

-wears glasses (forgot to actually mention it in the writeup since it's so prominent in the art, whoops)

-Abilities are Flagstaff, Sea Legs, Lust for Booty(renamed/more amusing Pieces of Eight)/Crow's Nest

>>153525

Well, your character is ready, and I think I will go ahead an bump the cap to classic 8 (though current player count is only going back up to 6 because of the slot held for Isabel)

I think the "hunter" character I threw in worked pretty well, so since it's only up to six players at present I guess I don't really need the concession of having you start on the corrupted side. I can start you off in the safe room, but then again if you really want to play on the dark side at first, you should probably the north group as the south group is close to falling already if they can't get some good rolls. (though it would make for one less turn on the hero side since logically you'd start with 2 addiction.)

>>153561

>the south group is close to falling already if they can't get some good rolls.

Just got another bad one too. wew.

>>153350

>spoiler

Good news: We've moved from "entertaining distraction" to "actually becoming a thorn in her side." The mission is going well!

Bad news: We've been deemed dangerous enough to require immediate attention. Brace yourselves.

>>153133

Ahh gotcha. Well Nix the hook for now then.

The south group really needs to use rerolls and risk dice to their advantage. Having 5 indecency actually protects you more than you have 1, only there is more risk as well, especially if your corruption is 5. Should I have Nia move south, or will you be fine?

Also I have no idea why Alair has never used the normal die.

>>153601

Welp. I guess I need to jump in sooner than later.

So! Ideas!

3v1 is a pretty bad news bears situation to be going into, especially with a lack of mechanical mastery like I've got.

In light of that, a few things to make matters interesting and give my character some tactical edges seem like they'd be great, but I'm listing the idea out here to be sure GM/players think it's all kosher.

So! Flagstaff and piracy in general work best when the enemy is off balance, because then your being on balance matters. To that end, remember that scene from one of the Kung Fu Pandas where there's a billion and one fancy training gadgets that all of the various kung fu guys use and the fatass panda gets clobbered by every single one in sequence?

Kinda like that - training dummies that spin and counterattack, etc. Lots of pervy smacks and trips. Using flagstaff to form a rapier and the Sea Legs ability, Eloise would be comparatively at the advantage.

Additionally, a pet monster of some sort (giant twindicky snake?) would be quite helpful! All in the service of a fairish fight for some lewdity.

>>153642

Well, the role of corrupt girls game-wise is primarily throwing opposition dice at pure players in addition to whatever obstacles or challenges they're coming up against. Basically increasing their chances of tripping up. Hmm, I wonder if multitasking rules should come into play for that. . .

But for what you're asking for, It'll basically work out that way if you wait for someone to examine a darkened room to strike. That said, players have been taming familiars on occasion, and by starting dark you're giving up a hero turn, So I guess compensating with a familiar or two would be fair on some level. You can have two 1-dice creatures or one 2-dice creature of your design.

Oh, but before you actually get rolling, check your email for the link to the player kinks document. Preferably keep those of other players in mind when playing on the corrupt side.

>>153653

Isn't that more the vein of Dark Magical Girls? I mean, I assume bosses/corruptedgirls and such like I was intending to be in this circumstance can actually throw their own attacky dice.

I have a few ideas on the monster (lamialezzie or something else) having read over the kinks chart and all that. Overall I admit my unfamiliarity means I don't entirely understand why it will work out the same waiting to strike in a darkened room as if the room itself was cruel, but I guess it's best to trust your judgment.>>153653

>>153762

More a case of if the rooms revealed already have had their hazards removed. I guess it would be more accurate to say if you strike in a room that hasn't already been beaten by the pure side players.

In any case we've been using corrupted/dark as more or less interchangeable. But just for the sake of fun and challenge I should probably allow corrupt players to do "boss attacks." You can target a whole room of players, but you roll d4s instead of d6s. The d4s will get a plus one and players roll a single "avoidance check" die to see if it hits.

>>153765

I figure worst thing that happens is we try it and decide not to do it again, yeah?

Point being opposition die are definitely more a GMing thing, they don't make as much sense for directly fighting the opponent as a character. I don't mind helping you out in such a way, but it'd probably be after proving I can participate/have the rules well in hand, and probably with either a completely-gone Eloise or an entirely different character for the purpose.

So I just added quite a bit to the lore section of the new rules doc, next I'll be working on copying/rewriting what's in the current rules doc on sandstorm. Keeping the current rule set for now, probably experimenting a bit after this round of the game is over.

One thing that's slowed me is deciding how to order everything so the explanation of the rules flows together. What indecency and corruption mean, how to use the matching dice, how to roll a check.

>>153767

I feel I bear some responsibility here but - is there any reason a dark girl wouldn't take actions as normal non-boss girls?

>>153642

>Kinda like that - training dummies that spin and counterattack, etc. Lots of pervy smacks and trips. Using flagstaff to form a rapier and the Sea Legs ability, Eloise would be comparatively at the advantage.

I like this mental image. Jack sparrow-ing a fight gimmic is almost too good to pass up.

>>153799

>probably experimenting a bit after this round of the game is over.

AN interlewd/interlude or other between-floor set aside scene might be appropriate here, actually. just pointing it out!

>>154267

>I feel I bear some responsibility here but - is there any reason a dark girl wouldn't take actions as normal non-boss girls?

First of all, they wouldn't be trying to overcome the tower's obstacles. Secondly, combat at present works through "opposition" dice as it is.

"risk" dice don't exactly apply for a character that's already fallen to corruption.

I'm thinking of giving corrupt players a boost when they first appear to offset that they can't re-roll and only have two dice. Say adding their roll to any obstacles their target is trying to overcome.

>AN interlewd/interlude or other between-floor set aside scene might be appropriate here, actually. just pointing it out!

Like a practice session or something?

>>154278

>I'm thinking of giving corrupt players a boost when they first appea

I think this right here is exactly what LM was asking for; in the form of a monster backup(because 3v1 hamstrung girl) and/or a fun room hazard gimmick.

Player seems to have read the situation and already jumped ahead, boss!

Sorry, getting to this update late today, I'll be getting to it ASAP

HAPPY TURKEY DAY, fellow magical galfriends ~

So how is everyone? seems a good time to ask about holiday hiatus.

Maybe take a break around the week of the 25 or so? I'd have to read the OOC archives to see what I did that last two years, but I remember at least once I took a break for a chunk of December and resumed day after new year.

Also Is everyone busy, or shall I do the normal update tomorrow? Guess that depends on how many of you do actions.

>>154761

I think i'm going to be out with an injury and or birthday stuff. Bad timing for me time. Not sure what that means for everyone else tho!

>>154761

>implying I have friends, family, or celebrate holidays

>>154821

Don't worry, Nia. You can always count on your fellow mahous.

Kind of thought everyone was taking the turn off since there were zero turns before my check-in. (02:00 UTC on tue, thur, and sat morning.)

Also, Is Grand Mirror Still around?

>>154968

Yeah, I'm here. I just haven't found any way to insert myself yet.

>>154972

If it's any help fluff-wise, you can place yourself in a room retroactively, basically deciding you were already there even if your target rolled high for room inspection.

Come to think of it, we haven't really done corrupt-side players with this rule set aside from the temporary version Electric Idol got. So now that I think about it I'm on the fence on whether to have corrupt players be "pinned" or allow them to retreat and pounce again later.

My tentative idea was for a corrupt player to be a threat for a short time depending on the circumstances.

>>154974

I'll be honest the ruleset is a bit confusing for being a corrupted/dark player unless I treat it as being a GMPC sort-of. :|a

I'm all for clarifying it one way or another.

So, I'm thinking of streamlining grapples a little. It feels clunky to be rolling an extra d4 on top of all the other dice flying around. This turn I remembered about "hold strength" and how it's supposed to drop by 1 each turn. So going forward "hold strength" will double as an alternate minimum. Just another reason to renew your holds or hurry with whatever you're doing with whoever you're holding.

There's nothing quite like making a post for your turn, then getting distracted and missing the update.

Twice in a row would just be SHAMEFUL though.

Might as well lay out a couple things. First of all I forgot to remove the monster marker for the mini-sylvies. (Not the first time by any stretch, my routine for updates doesn't quite properly include the map and I usually tweak it around at the end and miss things.)

Also as you seem to have guessed, the small girl has delusion powers that hide her, her friend and Nia at present.

>>155366

I was actually going to remind Silvie that she should totally capture/tame the clones and just have fun with them while they last.

Its not oft you get to pokemon yourself!

So I'll admit, the big shame for me at the moment is I can't even tell if I've had an opportunity to enter yet. I try to read all the updates but everyone is, you know, doing things.

>>155392

I'm trying to get stuff moving to offer that opportunity because most of the players are stuck in one area. But now I'm stuck in that same area.

>>155780

I'm gonna go ahead and say: 'I wanna see this rabbit hole but its not exactly something my character would do' is EXACTLY what the lewdlog is there to explore.

… hot pic tho

>>155869

Well, I'm gonna leave it running till Friday when I need to make my next post, and the poll is more to influence my decision than outright decide it so with that lewdlog suggestion in mind, you're welcome to vote no if you haven't already.

So, how about that Holiday Hiatus? Think it's about time for me to declare an official break until after new year's?

>>156240

I don't mind if you do, but it looks like I do finally have an opportunity to jump in?

Maybe find a way to ping me (Isabel knows some good ways to reach me) before start up and I can give Nia a real fright?

>>156310

I get how frustrating that can be, but responses see to have really slowed down. If I end up officially declaring the hiatus, (depends on if activity picks up or stays low.) is that email I have for you a good way to reach you?

>>156329

S'fine. Like I said, it's probably better to kick off the post-hiatus session that way than to end partway through it here.

Anyway, as far as email goes, issue is I don't actually /check/ my email all that often, but if you shoot me one during the hiatus I am likely as not going to see it, and there we can exchange account stuff I actually care about. Discord is by far the best way to consistently reach me, steam also works, and to a lesser extent f-list

>>156397

D'awwww

Happy new year all!

As planned, I want to get things rolling on the third. Here's how it will work:

Starting January 3rd, everyone who's continuing or rejoining will check back in. Based on who rejoins I'll make a map and status update and put it out on the fifth, which will be when the game resumes as normal.

Hope the holidays were kind to everyone, while they're meant to be a celebration it can be a bad time of year for people for countless reasons.

Typed messages along these lines three times before I remembered to actually post it.

If you guys don't check back in, I swear I'll force all my weird and nasty fetishes on the NPCs

…. Okay I probably won't. Probably.

>>157936

Oh yes. Strangle me.

>>157936

>>157954

Please do not choke Cleric, even if she says she likes it.

>>157982

Yes, choke Silver Fenrir instead.

i'm here but I'll try to get a post out after work today.

>>157852

>Hope the holidays were kind to everyone, while they're meant to be a celebration it can be a bad time of year for people for countless reasons.

Thanks for asking! Hope you enjoyed the recharge break too!

mirror sez they'll be out of tone until the 08th, but will prolly be back. it MIGHT be a good idea to like, give them a spot on the board. Expecting a check in ; figures will still be at a loss at starting how-to's.

Going to be leaning on the "at least 48 hours" rule today, because it's "late" and I need to be up early. So you've got the greater part of the day to move still if you want to but haven't.

Truthfully I did kind of forget, but I intentionally gave myself the leeway because by routine has been completely shaken up so I need it to adjust.

I'mma just. Stumble in. And try to figure out how to proceed when I wake up probably.

i'm going to try to get a post in afterw ork today, sorry life keeps interrupting :(

Wasn't sure exactly what kind of skill roll a search-and-find would require.

Well, I guess you could call that a Normal roll, now that I think about it.

Okay I am actually here again, still tryna figure out how to get in on things. Looks like one of the players is getting pwnt in a room with a bunch of traps, and the rest are all clumped together? Neither's quite an ideal circumstance for me. So while I'm not rolling this turn-round-thing, let me jump the next new room people stumble into I guess?

Alternatively if you've got a suggestion I'm trying to watch close enough to be able to respond.

>>159521

Well as soon as I stop fucking up I'm heading north, so see you soon?

>>159521

If they keep doing poorly against the glue it might become a prime opportunity.

Okay awesome, I thought to check in at the right-ish time.

Please bear with me here as I am realizing that my shaky grasp of the rules has made me super un-confident, but I'm going to try to put something together!

If you've got any advice for how I should model 'attacking with the monsters' in dice form, I'm up for it.

>>160717

It's still a mostly untested part of the game as well, so there's mot much to compare your performance to. It it goes badly on your side, it might be a sign the game balance favors pure players a bit much.

As for using monsters, first you need to decide if you're splitting those three dice across monsters or not. Three monsters with one die east will be easier to take down, but stand a chance at keeping more opponents busy. One monster with three dice will be more durable, but is more likely to be mobbed from multiple sides.

Your monsters work like sub-characters, so you can throw yourself at one target while your monsters keep the others busy. Or you can add them to assist your move but that's a lot of dice to throw at one target, though it would keep a roll of 6 from ruining your efforts.

Woo, only took us a month to get back on track after the new year!

>>160773

No kidding!

I'm just catching up. Did something happen to passion flower and the rollerskater icons, or did they just move to an unlit room?

>>160885

I think they evac'd again. Either that, or they went off the radar because Fenrir hasn't posted in a while

Oops! Looks like I forgot to update.

Habit isn't quite reset. Also my schedule is more chaotic than I would like. I'll do my best to get settled back in though.

>>160917

Consequence of the ruleset. On that note, I want to keep brainstorming for the risus ruleset. Perhaps each cliche could have primary and secondary functions that decide what they're suitable for. The if it applies as secondary, +5 to the test goal. If an action doesn't fit either function, it's+10. Depending on the number of categories, it may be too easy to min-max however.

>>160917

Could always channel that bad luck of yours into opposition dice. Maybe by springing a trap that was totally there the whole time but not even Wicked noticed it wink wink nudge nudge.

>>160964

Anything can be optimized with enough effort. Making certain cliches weaker based on context will give a "right tool for the job" feeling.

*tumbles in*

Shit right, gotta post.

I'm doing some fast thinking here to not hold things up.

Quick rules question:

My naga has two dice, my tentacles have one. . . does the captain have any? How can she help out and lead and be all intimidating and stuff? I'm going to crack the rulebook open again to doublecheck but this part was confusing.

>>161228

Wicked, if you have time to walk our villian through what dice are use for each monster/girl they play(and where risk/corruption/specialties are appropriate), and why what's being rolled where, that would help a lot.

Hurdle of 'how does this game work' is being overcome

To clarify on my post, I'm operating on the understanding that-

Captain Charybdis is a Full Magical Girl, but can't use Corruption dice.

Meanwhile, she does have two monsters who can either be independent entities or assist die to her.

Here the idea was to protect my weak-ass minicles while the Naga fights to protect herself.

Forgot to banter epically though, alas, i'll come up with something good to follow up with assuming there's a triumphant or scowly moment for our villainess.

>>161233

Yes, the standing idea was for dark side players to have two dice, normal and competency. Initially I figured it was unfair to let corruption be a freebie, but on second thought, dark players should probably get all three since a tie falls in favor of the pure players, and because they aren't allowed to re-roll since "risk of becoming more corrupt" isn't something that applies.

Update in several hours from this post, so there's time to squeeze it in if you have an eye out.

>>161441

Or the alternative

>Nia decides to go north

>>161445

I do gotta agree, for a rogue, you are awful axe-happy

>>161372

>>161373

>Sylvie sends the wrong pictures. Again.

>>161233

Well it looks like you'll have plenty of time to make up for that. I can't imagine that roll going any way besides perfectly for you. Was going to make a quick post that amounted to Idol having an "oh sh-" moment before getting yanked forward, but I felt like I should wait for absolute confirmation from our dark lord

>>161445

>>161447

It has been pretty entertaining watching her shift gears from efficient to full blood knight. And you have the killstreak to back it up too.

>>161445

Yup, looks like its time to save the day!

>click reply

>notice I used "it's" instead of "its"

>page updates

Merde

While I do have permission to use corruption dice, I think I'm going to skip it this turn as the Captain is definitely in a good position in the fight and it's every villain's duty to monologue recklessly instead of finishing off the heroines with an Unholy BEEMU ATTAKU.

Point being, doesn't necessarily constitute rejection of the option, especially when the fight gets more dire for her side, just that I'm leaning toward following villain tropes as a way of combat balancing.

Little note on update times. I'm now working a rotating schedule, which basically torpedoes my ability to have a consistent update time, so I'm shooting for consistent update days instead. I'll try to keep in the same ballpark or later on each update day, with the exception of the odd "extend the turn because only a few players took actions" situation, where I'll update as early as I can the next update day.

So basically most turns I'll try to update the same time of day or later, but if I stretch a turn I'll basically reset to "as early as possible." to shorten the wait a little.

Okay Quick question:

Isabel tells me last time there was a boss that boss attacks were single d4 to hit everyone.

Is that still the case, or am I rolling as many dice as I normally would?

For the record, that would be. . .4d4, as Charybdis can theoretically roll: normal, competency, corruption, risk.

I'd be fine with a cap compromise or we can do the Olden Bossen Times rules etc, just need to know how much to roll.

Realistically speaking since my attention span is only so great I'm probably going to roll four dice and you decide how many to accept.

I've got a question too. In regards to >>161470

>Binds prevent the use of dice, for players, helpers, and boss NPCs in the order of normal, competency, and then corruption. Most other NPC's usually have all-purpose dice. So basically the naga is temporarily down to one die unless it can beat the hold of 5. (hold strengths will reduce by 1 each turn)

To clarify, right now my normal die is tied up by the tenta-mini, and if this hits my competency joins it courtesy of the Captain, right assuming I don't just die here and now. heavybreathing.jpg? Then if I get my competency die back if I escape from either one.

Something to consider, does bound mess with opposition rolls? Or is that more of a "dungeon mistress' discretion" kinda thing?

>>161778

Well, I was kind of struggling to decide a result, and settled on a one-turn stun, though I'm not at all partial to that kind of mechanic since it cancels a whole turn. As trade-off I decided to make it double-edged to deter future use.

A one-turn "hold" sounds a lot better however, so I'll go with that. So I'm revising failed avoidance for that to -1 die if the avoidance check fails.

>>161780

Also, i have a question - the captain mentioned that she can roll corruption, but at the cost of the hero's winning on ties. Does this mean that hold of 6 is able to be foiled if a girl matches it? (possibly rolling only their competency die if one's disabled?)

>>161800

Hmm…. Just a thought, but perhaps make it so that heroes win on a normal tie, but villains win when tying a 6?

>>161800

See

>>161392

>>161800

Depends on if I have breaking a hold be meet or beat. Most things are an "at least" basis, so I'll go ahead and say that an action that gets a tie with hold strength can break, so a 6 hold can be broken with a roll of 6.

For the sake of simplicity, I'm also negating anything I might have said before about being able to use a held die against the hold.

>>161780

RE: avoiding Flying Dutchwoman: Lash. I wasn't sure if loss of action/Stun would disrupt the evasion attempt. Based on context and I can see the justification, but I won't complain if fortune smiles upon me today, however briefly. As long as it doesn't feel like a complete asspull. Maybe the beast's grip slackens slightly and I'm able to twist just enough, miraculously avoiding the inter-dimensional assault but slipping a little closer towards the frozen tip below.

That or I'm blinded by the light and unable to evade the second layer of restraints, displayed on the ship as both a trophy and warning. Either way my move has been made.

Just idly, I think you failed your un-stun roll?

>>161850

Right. Rolls were

>Corruption: 3 (no gain)

>Flashbang: 3 (no action)

<Lash opposition: 4

Question is if my opposition roll is ruled void due to loss of action/bind/both. Really I'm good with either result, don't wanna bog down all the excitement with a rules agreement.

>>161883

Oh, you wanted to know if being further bound meant you couldn't evade a boss attack.

Well, that kind of opens a can of worms insofar as whether the avoidance roll being it's own thing is a good idea.

At present, the avoidance is it's own roll and isn't influenced by your ability to use your action dice. But thinking that over, there's two problem with this way of doing it:

1. It's an extra die to roll, 2. we get situations that make no sense on the fluff side of things, like a bound and blinded EI being able to avoid an incoming attack.

The idea was to make boss attacks a little more dangerous, but that might not be worth the added complexity. The alternative would be to simply check against an action roll for it, but that does run the risk of making boss attacks unlikely to work on pure side players who can reroll can get better action results.

So, perhaps I should go half and half and make boss attacks reroll-immune. Basically, your first attempted roll needs to beat an incoming boss attack in order to avoid it. Any results take effect. You can still reroll, but if it's a grapple you'll lose use of action die, potentially one from your first roll.

As for the current turn, How about we just say that despite her highly vulnerable position, EI manages to squirm in such a way as to avoid further entanglement. That is unless EI's player wants to throw for favor points. Oh, I counted up a good number during the Hiatus, though I'm not caught up to recent posts Let's see who's earned favor dice. . .

Akane 1

Isabel 2

Sylvie 1

More are on the way as I read back over your in-character writing, though points earned through throwing rolls etc. are awarded immediately.

>>161902

We've previously had room-wide effects that MGs had to react to. I'm not opposed to keeping those special cases, but the difference there was the attack was declared by the DM so players had a whole turn cycle to respond. Plus it puts success or failure in the player themselves. That's "fun" and has a level of tension.

But in the case of a DG being present, there's a quality-of-life issue in needing to watch the thread in case something happens that you want to respond to. It also awkwardly increases the chance of having a turn where nothing happens.

>[A] rolls action

>[B] rolls opposition, wins

>[B] rolls action

>[A] rolls opposition, wins

You're right about the extra die roll being an issue here. We need to nail down exactly if and when a check is rolled and the more I think about this the more I think it should be resolved like normal combat, higher rolled action wins. If you don't actively fight back you don't evade.

Admittedly fluff was the main concern when I brought this up; being extra helpless at the moment makes me feel like I should take a dive here, but I didn't want to ask for a change after the roll or look like I'm going out of my way to sabotage our efforts. Don't get me wrong I'm enjoying my moment of playing the damsel in distress, but a prisoner's job is to add some real stakes, not actively be a detriment to the heroes.

Anyone else have a thought on the situation? Friends? Enemies? Silent observers

polite sage for editing the post

I do agree that the chance of nothing happening should be addressed, I think your choice is a valid one.

Mmmm.

I'd summarize it such that the rules are like so, at least with MG/DG combat.

IN order to create a turn, you decide what the outcome of you succeeding should be. "ENemy is grappled/damaged ; I escape from my binds". Everyone's rolls are naturally opposition rolls and the highest wins, with partials determined by proximity of rolls/ties, such as when the maid got injured while binding the naga.

So you then write your turn like thus:

[lingering wrap-up from previous things]

[What you can definitely do regardless of dice, including any prep you need for your die roll, such as chanting incantations and such]

[The thing you want to roll dice to do]

[dice]

And then the dice make [the thing you want to roll dice to do] real if they beat anything contrary to that goal.

There is a concern with being bound and facing incoming attacks, esp. boss attacks. To that I'd say if your action is attempting to free yourself from bindings it also counts as protecting yourself from being further bound.

>>161907

>[lingering wrap-up from previous things]

>[What you can definitely do regardless of dice, including any prep you need for your die roll, such as chanting incantations and such]

>[The thing you want to roll dice to do]

>[dice]

This is an excellent summary of turn structure, perhaps worthy of direct copying into the rules doc. Next time I take the time to work on it. I've bolded one line because it's been a point of frustration for me on occasion. Often times I can infer what you're trying to do from the fluff, but being in the position of deciding what exactly happens, It's kind of vital to have a clear picture of what success means in order to translate the quality of success decided by the dice into a result.

Now onto the main issue, is the first-roll rule a good one? d4 + 1 is used to push the range of outcomes toward the center, making it so that even the worst roll can't be avoided by a botch, but the best roll doesn't require a perfect crit to avoid. In the latter case it's a limit on the potency for targeting an entire room, but using action dice for avoidance and allowing rerolls against might make a 1+1 or a 2+1 effectively worthless.

>>161934

It makes sense on paper. We won't know unless we try, but fwiw I like the idea of bosses having a dangerous trump-card-super-forbidden technique.

This might sound obvious, but if the sole effect is "force an Indecency or Corruption check" we can probably nix the evade roll since it would effectively give 2 opportunities to negate. Ideally they'll do something more interesting than that, we should be rolling risk dice every turn anyway since we're in combat. Even if it's something as figuring out how to make that work on the fly is what will be tricky.

>but using action dice for avoidance and allowing rerolls against might make a 1+1 or a 2+1 effectively worthless.

I assume we're going with "boss rolls one die, targets all" rather than "boss rolls a die for each possible target."

We could forbid rerolls to avoid. If that's somehow not good enough another option is ruling that at least one MG will always be hit. Would have to work out how to decide who eats it but for better or worse this could lead to someone throwing the roll every time to protect the weak.

you know what? Fuckit. It's a special occasion; we don't get boss fights every day of the week. String me up.

Meanwhile, do I need to throw a roll against the attack coming my way? Sorry for being so wibbly and uncertain but we seem to be tweaking rules a lot.

Oops, time passed me by today and I forgot to update. I'll get it ASAP tomorrow and go ahead and skew update days to Tue Thur Sat until occasion arises to revert to the regular.

>>161948

To be expected, this is the first time we've actually had a player on the corrupt side with this rule set, and freestyle writing is prone to serve the odd curve ball when a player comes up with something creative.

As for your question, For the sake of simplicity I'm going to say success of your action would have been your defense this turn, both because it's logical and because of how boss NPCs have worked.

Basically on several occasions I've been playing the role of corrupt girls, and the tactical deal on my end is choosing how many die to devote to a boss attack and how many to use in the "defense pool." When doing a room-wide attack any dice you don't use are rolled to avoid and counterattack incoming actions.

To summarize, a dark side player should work the same as a boss NPC. Able to do normal actions with sixes, or roll some dice as d4s that target all enemies present. Any dice leftover (not used as a d4,) are rolled against each incoming action by pure players to block or even counter.

>>161939

First roll as evasion it is, unless a problem or better idea arises.

Alright, so my devoting all my die to my offense means I'm leaving myself a little vulnerable, since 5s and 6s are out of my reach. Interesting.

>>161992

Nevermind, I got absolutely wrecked yesterday. Gonna start working on it now.

>>161997

Yeah, I didn't really think of the boss NPC rules until that particular post. Need to start writing in the rules as soon as something comes to mind.

Okay, to be sure I understand what happened, everyone but the Idol was able to beat my Boss Attack rolls basically?

>>162078

Yeah, and because she volunteered to take a dive at that. It's just a bad start. Keep in mind you have better chances when specifically targeting someone since you have sixes. Also more targets means more chances one will roll low. Remember that your naga and tentacles are no longer stunned.

Also, keep enemy stats in mind, pick off the weakest first!

Naga's still die-bound, but could prove useful, indeed indeed. I like grappling but I may need to get practical here. D:

that feeling when you wanted to get up and make a post, but missed the alarm.

Happy date day, everyone!

FUCK.

Now I'm not sure if I should keep fucking you or leave you hanging XD

>>162126

Ya know I'm not sure either. Really depends on what you want at this point, I'm in no position to make demands after all! could be funny for the tenta-mini to leave a desperate and horny Elly up there and ignore her, choosing to chase after other girls.

>>162139

Luckily you're not out yet. Just when you come to you'll be fully corrupted.

>>162148

[Cackles in Villainy]

>>162148

>Wasn't sure if that sort of thing was welcomed so I deleted the post

You're probably right on that point but ngl that's why I wanted to save it. Thx bae

TFW your entire turn does nothing twice in a row :x

>>162217

You kidding? Your monster turned Elly evil!

>>162221

Yeah, but that was Elly failing to break free from prior actions~ - I totally whiffed on doing things this turn.

>>162228

Also, you're making some interesting points but I'm not sure if I should be rolling more than I am. As it stands if I don't roll for my tentamonster he's toasty. I do want him to do a bit more with Elly before he dies. I have the suspicion that I should maybe be making these extra rolls, because as it stands it's 4v2 roughly speaking, and the die rolls are really showing that to be skewed against me since I also lose ties. I don't mind losing, but I don't want to roll over either.

Hmhmhm.

https://nhentai.net/g/156228/

Something semi-related I found, though more like Sentai than Magical Girl

As a reminder, if you wanted to run that tentacle scene a little longer, you can always branch it off into the lewdlog.

https://oasis.sandstorm.io/shared/kswCs9szckxuJODQdv2JmWvPOcHXkd7t3XuWsOYoSR1

>>162288

RIP Tentacle monster, you died too young.

But I wouldn't be opposed to flexing my tentacle musculature in more detail.

>>162299

Rip. He went out a champ.

Honestly, I was kinda tempted to take a thrown roll when I ran up to melee the thing, but it felt like too much of a dick move to do that after Isabel told her to give it her best shot.

It's okay. I'm sure you'll get to summon more

>>162301

I mean honestly he was my 1die mon, I was fully expecting to have him pop like a grape at some point, I just wasn't expecting him to be wildly more successful than my 2dice mon.

Guess magical girls really do love tentacles.

But yes, if people want more hentaicles I don't mind~

But the next one's got eggs.

>>162299

>RIP Tentacle monster, you died too young.

>>162288

>As a reminder, if you wanted to run that tentacle scene a little longer

You knowwwww, this is the point where I think that I'm going to point out that we do have a 'turn a defeated monster into a pet ally' rule on the books. and considering teh circumstances, I think its thematically in-character appropriate for elly to do so(even if she wasn't the one landing the killing blow) to snag the tentacle herself.

You know, make it a part of your descent to darkness, electrokickstart its heart,use it on every action until it runs dry or you lose and keep on dicking. In fact, you could even keep the scene going while sending it at other people~

just a thought. I'd allow it, and that means wicked might too~

Goodbye, whiskapussles, you will be missed.

Ouch, my rolls.

Also,

>>162318

I am super down for that happening.

>>162350

It's okay! We can pick up the pieces and help it grow again! **At the same time I feel kinda weird for altering the outcome somewhat after the fact. I guess I could say that a piece of it survived and is still wriggling around? That alright?"

>>162352

As long as Wicked's okay with it, we're still in the moment of it, and yeah, you're the electric idol, grab that bitch and kickstart his heart. I'm sure he'll put himself back together if that means he can fuck the daylights out of you all over again. Those afterlife sluts can wait! He has a mission here on this earth!

Previously it was decided that a monster had to be captured to be tamed, but due to popular demand I'm adding a revival option.

Fluffwise, salvaging a monster requires providing it with dark energy to repair it's form. It should be an inferior option to regular taming, though I'm still deciding what the exact downside is.

>>162352

>I guess I could say that a piece of it survived and is still wriggling around?

I was hoping that would be the case

Also how do boss attacks work again? What do/can I roll?

>>162356

>Fluffwise, salvaging a monster requires providing it with dark energy to repair it's form. It should be an inferior option to regular taming, though I'm still deciding what the exact downside is.

hmn. if you're restoring it wiht your own dark energy(like how masturbating gives monsters during self pure), maybe it should make that monster a liability/downside for your corruption track?

So like, if someone pops that monster again, it can drain a point of corruption since you've invested/tied yourself to it?

>>162357

Well, I'm thinking of changing the label from "boss attack" to "multitargeting" since it's being extended to players on both sides going forward. Basically roll d4s instead of sixes and add one to the result. This will target every enemy in the room.

>>162358

I have a few ideas rolling around, like having it decrease in power if it was originally a monster with multiple dice, a shorter time before it needs to be re-trained, or making it only last a set amount of time. The last of those seems the most reasonable at the moment. Basically it's continued existence is on borrowed time.

>>162361

Gotcha. What do you roll to mitigate it? Normal rolls?

>>162362

Yeah, typical action with any dice that can be counted for manipulating corruption.

>>162364

>any dice that can be counted for manipulating corruption

You lost me

To reiterate, these are automatic corruption checks, not indecency? Is there a way to dodge? Sorry I don't understand.

Oh gosh I love the new outfit, incorporating my ropes you'll melt my frickin' heart.

(not so secret kink: leaving a mark~)

>>162365

Sorry, didn't look at the name, I thought this question was about reviving the tentacles.

Basically in early-access fashion I'm eliminating the separate "evasion" roll to avoid multi-target actions and instead using the first action roll. Basically if you lose to the d4+1 on your fist attempt, the "boss attack" hits. The action can still be rerolled, but any negative effects take place. (so if the boss attack was a grapple, your reroll will be unable to use any die affected by the hold. If it's an indecency attack you take the hit even if your reroll gets higher.)

>>162368

Understood! It's fun to test out these rulesets.

>>162361

In case I wasn't clear enough, I'm defibrillating tenta-kun. Giving it a few extra seconds sounds like the best option and a guaranteed way to frustrate our new heel even further.

>>162368

That actually seems pretty elegant.

>>162367

Glad you like it~

>>162368

So am I reading this right? Charybdis makes her attack, the highest number's a 4+1.

If I make an action in my next post that's Normal/Specialty/Indecency for example, then whatever my Normal dice turns up as is my defense against the attack? So if it rolls a 3/4/6, I'd be failing against that roll?

>>162394

Assuming I'm reading this right, you could also in theory change up the order of your dice to flavor the avoid roll, especially with the risk dice

>>162394

>>162397

I took it as first roll, not first die. So the entire roll however many dice are in it.

>>162408

That may have been the intent, but for what it's worth I might prefer my interpretation. As it stands now, and with the "first action as boss save" interpretation, the system seems pretty prone to "winner take all" results. I mean, Charybdis has been commenting that it feels like her actions have mostly been useless, and under the current rules I think there's something to that besides poor dice.

Under the "first dice as boss save", you can have rolls where your action as described succeeds, but you don't make it out unscathed yourself. I would argue that way it makes the Corrupted girls feel like a much greater threat with a more risky and climactic battle to go with it, knowing that your defenses are more likely to get worn down even if your dice are on fire.

>>162415

I'm sort of holding off on posting my turn till we hear back from Wicked on all this though.

>>162415

Kind of agree on that, as it does give any multi-targeting a very high chance of failure with up to four or five dice counting against it. I'm totally up to an immediate change to first die of the first action roll unless anyone has issues with it.

It serves the same probability and purpose of the separate evasion roll, just condensed into whatever action.

>>162427

The only issue I have is now it's 3 dice of 4+1 vs your one 6 sided on everyone in the room. Personally I'm alright with it because of manipulating rolls but unless everyone else plays that way, the entire rooms about to get wrecked.

We could come up with a compromise system of some kind, like 'number of dice boss used -1 (not less than 1)' etc. etc. There's ways to do this, I'm just not a fan of characters nerf batting each other. :|a

Okay I admit I have no idea what is being said about my turn. Did I not strip, not reroll?

Anyway, the wall of water was intended to be an indecency attack, Charybdis is slightly gunning to knock out the one who's on the edge of total strip.

>>162415

Lets see.

I think overall, moving from 'roll a d4 and then roll a d6 as a coinflip trying to roll above 3' is going to make the boss attacks better overall - as there's both a low roll floor which is also a 50/50 to dodge.

What this current incarnation does, if i'm reading it right - 1d4+1, pure girls win ties, meet or beat an action die to avoid - is set a minimum bar, capitalize on failures if people yahtzee low rolls, or force people to reroll and suffer the lesser of evils.

The ability to roll your die normally just with the d4 instead is a step in the right direction.

Boss battle should either be complication or hastle causing or rather painful if you have to take it on the chin. The possibilitity I raised with silvie was instead of looking at the first die rolled as the evade result is instead treating it as a sort of half opposition dice, and making the other side's girls pick and put forth one of their action dice to use as the avoidance check after the roll, basically taking it up and out of their action pool. picking danger over success if you have one high and low roll, for example.

The only issue I forsee is if there's more than one boss attack happening at once, but i think that is solveable.

There's some other possibilities: limiting rerolls on targets, or corruption die ties going to the evil side, or even letting the boss monster give up a die that would go into their boss attack for a flat +1 bonus.(up to a certain number, maybe?), like, mmh. Charge up an attack, give up the normal die, and roll 2d4+2(cap 5?)

I'm not sure what the best course is, but I can lay out some unexpected options to get there.

Unrelatedly, I've had some older thoughts about the player cap resurface, and it sort of ties into 'more actions/dice for the evil side'. Would those be interesting to hear out?

>>162474

>>162502

The other possibility is to make a boss attack powerful enough that it has a somewhat inconveniencing effect on the next turn if it misses. Not damaging, just making things a little harder.

>>162474

>>162428

Well, perhaps we should run some numbers.

Against a single die, the chances of failing to a boss attack are:

d4+1: against one defending die

2: 1/6

3: 2/6

4: 3/6

5: 4/6

against two defending dice

2: 1/36

3: 3/36

4: 6/36

5: 10/36

So against a whole action roll the chances are pathetic if even just two dice are defending. The best outcome of the d4+1 has just a two-in-three chance of working. This is why i gave avoidance it's own roll and decided "first action die" was just as good.

>>162502

>>162503

I'll have to consider this more later, have to leave soon.

>>162501

Yeah, I nullified the reroll and the intended penalty, though as I stated with how the rolls went this turn, the reroll wouldn't have hit anyone that the first roll didn't hit anyway. (Except snowwomman, but she didn't roll high to accomplish anything and gained exposure.)

Not contradicting the fluff part of stripping, but it didn't count against your indecency.

Your intent for the attack wasn't spelled out in a summary, so I narrated what made sense. If both of you rather the other way, then retroact that to an indecency check for Nia instead of the lost die.

I'm fine with the outcome in question, but yeah, hmm. It's really hard to balance a d4 nicely against a d6, and I'm liking Isabel's idea of getting diminished effects on evades, inconveniences rather than threads.

>>162474

I guess this is a good time as any to ask for clarification. Mechanically speaking, what causes Captain or myself to come back to the side of Justice? Going back to rule doc for a second

>When directly opposing or being opposed by a pure Magical Girl, you provide 2d6 in opposition dice, and Magical Girls opposing you must risk either their purity or their dignity when opposing you (your choice). Additionally, opposing a Dark Magical Girl is considered to be a task beyond human capabilities, thanks to the heavy corruption permeating their bodies, so the human capabilities die is not rolled.

>Because these characters are human, and not fleeting magical constructs, they must be captured rather than eliminated. Actions against dark magical girls should seek to nullify their opposition dice. If the Magical Girls succeed in nullifying both of your opposition die, you are captured, and they may take actions to purify you or drag you along in their custody as they move to other rooms.

So do we just need to be dragged to 5 corruption or all the way to our current minimum? Or is there some other number or purifications required? Likewise, we need to be rendered defenseless beforehand, right? Either through being stripped down or loss of two dice.

The last question, and one that I don't plan on testing out, is what happens if one of us attempts to enter the room to the south?

>>162508

AAAAAH! I really need to get to work on finishing the new rules doc since I've stopped updating the old one. In discussion above, I've decided to give corrupt girls three dice, normal, competency, and corruption.

As for what it takes to flip back, I'm going to say three successful purification actions, which is what bosses have been taking. Also you don't need to be completely subdued, but at least one hold is mandatory to attempt purification.

That's all for tonight, Maybe more discussion tomorrow.

>>162539

is the glue trap tiles still present in that (now safe thanks to cleric) room / the great bit double botch and nia canceleing each other out?

I see the danger icon still present, figured i'd ask if it's still a possible inconcenience factor.

>>162690

Well, it's just kinda swinging right now. Most likely upper body, so if something comes loose have it be up there! The boots can stay, Elly knows how much she likes them.

>>162682

Likewise for you, what kinda bonds were you thinking of adding? Arms? Legs? Both? The ones clinging to her aren't really restraining at all, they just feel good. they might melt into her outfit as well, depending on how secure they are

>>162692

Hmm. . .

I rolled for it, and the glue is magical in construction, so blue's barrier is able to remove it.

Also, going to start working on the update soon. Hurry if you were waiting for an answer.

>>162749

I can't get the dice to work on mobile. Might be missing this one unless i can post in like an hour and a half when i get home

Meant to post this earlier. Given the hold I am down to rolling just one of my own dice for actions, but can stilI add the tentacles or whikapus, right?

can i also opt to roll one die for my own action and the tentacle die for its own action, or is that strictly a boss thing? Asking for a friend. Either way I have a move planned.

>>162955

In case you check this more often than you do your email, I sent you one for planning and strategery.

If you want in on villainous planning hijinks Wicked I wouldn't mind shooting you a line as well.

Extending turn till Monday because we have all of one RP post since the last turn.

I'll take some time to transfer information from the old rules doc to the new one, hopefully leaving the new one filled out with everything it lacks from the old one.

>>162955

Since that part of the old rules doc was written, I've decided corrupt players get three dice instead of two Normal, Competency, and corruption. As stated earlier, holds go in that order.

And yes, you can add them as an assist or give them their own action.

>>162967

Sounds alright, I'll try to keep an eye on my email.

Don't forget you still have a 2d6 naga, IIRC you didn't do anything with it last turn.

>>162970

………

fuck.

Sorry folks. 7-day work week here. I'll try to find the energy for a post in the next two days.

>>162970

I was under the impression that in order to have it bolster my rolls I had to have it give up its action.

There was a turn I missed using it on entirely but that was because the turn processed before I had anything to decide to do with her.

>>163019

Its sort of wishy washy. The naga/other characters have independant actions. What they do with their turn is seperate from others. (bound pets are, from what i remember, effectively an item you opt to use that adds an extra die but also mandatory corruption, not an extra actor)

Most times its better to have two people take the same action; where the assist action - the one that gives up your usual die to add 1 to someone else's roll - really shines is in saving someone else from a terrible yahtzee of 1's.

But also carries the risk of the assister rolling under, and getting dragged into their problems too.

Where did the confusion happen? You started out posting seperate actions for the captain and her crew? But yeah. For example, there's a difference between making someone else's attack better, and a second attack.

Mmm. So, basically the problem arises because of this situation:

I, the Eeeeevill Bossss Persssonnn

Have two characters

It can theoretically benefit me tremendously to just. . . double up the action.

For example:

I want to attack someone. I have Charybdis attack them, and also my naga attack them. That's two attacks, which has the potential for two consequences I suppose but also the potential to force two indecency checks in a turn if both Charybdis and the Naga succeed at a roll.

For that purpose, I'd been treating the Naga as adding their dice to Charybdis for only one chance at indecency.

Okay ugh I feel like people are waiting for my move or something? I'll try to get something out in a few moments.

>>163159

No, its just the weekend is the absolutely most terrible time for me to post. It doesn't really clear up until monday, aside from a slim window saturday :(

Sorry for being part o the slowpoke problem.

>>163125

>It can theoretically benefit me tremendously to just. . . double up the action.

I could have sworn you took advantage of this in one of your earliest posts! Was it by accident? Something something a double indecency check.

getting a post in. just in case wicked's working on an update, figured i'd say so!

Also, elly hasn't taken an action either. I'll let em know in case they wanna sneak one in!

>>163159

If anything, I think I'd say that the sentiment is players want you to have an opportunity to catch up an bail yourself out of being on the back foot.

That feeling when you go to post, and captcha's busted and won't let you :(

>>163336

Gotta say I like what you've got going on here. The stockings from the third pic, the boots, the corset, all great stuff! Hope it's not too hard for her to swing a sword in all that because Elly sure is enjoying the view!

oh btw that opposition roll should be shooting for an indecency check. Hope it doesn't hurt too much! She may have gotten a little carried away in the moment

>>163353

re: spoilers. you didn't actually roll an action, thats why i wanted to ask before the turn went through!

I'm here, I'm posting, hold the phone!

One note, I've removed the use limit number from the whiskapus, as It's no longer a case of a corrupt creature having been coaxed into working for a pure girl.

Also, I'm rethinking ties. Instead of having them resolving cleanly in the favor of the pure side, how about mutual success? It will makes things move a little faster overall, and reduce a little of the slanting in favor of pure girls. (As it's worked so far, a dark side player can get a 6 and lose to a pure player's re-roll.)

Alternately, a tie can go to whoever declared their action first, giving just a little incentive not to dramatically procrastinate.

Okay so, actually this brings up an important point I've been meaning to ask.

Frankly, I've been playing to win but with an eye on the fact that villains lose.

But is that our intent? What is the actual goal of this game? For the players to defeat the empress, or for the players to fall to debauchery trying? Obviously there's some room for grey, and I know Cthulhu Dark, being Cthulhu Mythos nonsense, favors the latter outcome to some degree.

Basically, I'm fine with improvements to PVP situations for my perspective (sheesh it's rough being the villain with these dice), but if the goal is for the heroes to ultimately triumph this is doing a decent-ish job so far.

One thing I will note is I really like the idea of mutual-success-on-tie, but probably weak and indecisive mutual successes. A weak grapple, or a lesser indecency check, that kind of thing (like, uh, 1d6-1).

>>163409

The intent was that it could go either way, and in the long run unless new people keep joining it will get harder and harder to retain purity.

The problem is that Cthulu Dark in retrospect wasn't the best choice possible, it doesn't fit too badly, but it was made for horror games where the characters try to stall thier inevitable failure. This is why I've been thinking up how to adapt the current game into a RISUS based ruleset. It's geared more toward adventure games but has the same benefits of being simple and allowing freestyle actions.

The only issue so far is roll targets, but I think it'd be simple enough to choose a "base target" that decides how hard something is to do in general, and then categorize everyone's specialties and add to the target for those that are less fitting.

If anyone out there is thinking of DMing another lewdgame on /erp/ I'd highly recommend a less butchered version Cthulu Dark. Just swap insanity to corruption, lust, infection or whatever else you can think of.

Something like this game from /storytiem/:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C55hQMK4y2Gf07g1q6CHknbMY-9caBCd?usp=sharing

I would have crosslinked the threads themselves, but one is broken.

So about categorizing cliches in the RISUS ruleset. I want to shoot for 12 specific roles grouped into three or four main categories. Some situations would only call for the main category to match, while others may be more specific.

Categories I had in mind:

Combat: For fighting obviously. Possible subs: Physical, Ranged, Elemental

Mobility: For getting across, around, or over obstacles. Possible Subs: Vertical, Horizontal, speed

I'm not too sure about other specific categories, we should cover stuff like being able to fix things, and dealing with stats like corruption and indecency.

I'm thinking each cliche would have primary and secondary roles, covering multiple uses. If a cliche matches with a primary, you need only match the base roll target with a secondary, it's +5 to the roll target. If it doesn't match any, it's +10.

>>163401

>Also, I'm rethinking ties. Instead of having them resolving cleanly in the favor of the pure side, how about mutual success? It will makes things move a little faster overall, and reduce a little of the slanting in favor of pure girls. (As it's worked so far, a dark side player can get a 6 and lose to a pure player's re-roll.)

as a quick post before i head out, i really like that idea so far. would try it out.

>>163409

>>163432

In regards to feeling disadvantaged as a bad guy, I don't think that's entirely terrible from a gameplay standpoint. Team Purity will usually be worn down in some way so it usually won't be a heads-up fight to begin with. I don't expect our team to actually win. Have some close calls and pull out some victories? Make a miraculous recovery or two? Hell yeah. And hey, if we do triumph that's awesome!

>>163503

Sure, I'll give it a roll

>>163484

May need to set some strict parameters on what does and does not fit. Some bullshittery and creative combat is fine to a point.

>>163401

>mutual success

I'm good with this idea

>>163484

Sent you a mail about future plan/direction.

Managed to take +1 indecency out of 3 indecency checks. I'd keep rerolling if it didn't seem scummy. Someone prevent Sylvie from taking the hit please.

>>163555

> I'd keep rerolling if it didn't seem scummy

Yeah, it does seem to me that if the only penalty for rerolls is your risk dice compounding, being at a high enough indecency/corruption value would make the odds of forcing extra checks far too low compared to the odds of the other non-risk dice hitting the number they need.

I appreciate the effort, but there should definitely be a reroll cap.

> Someone prevent Sylvie from taking the hit please.

At this point, I'm not sure that's possible, but if I could find your image ref, I'd make you an "Employee of the Month" poster

I can't wait to see the update post!

Because I have no idea what's happening anymore! =D

>>163514

>>163409

I think i'm with elly and the captain here. Its our overarching GOAL to have the showdown with the empress, but its also a path to get there fraught with peril. My expectations are tempered a few different ways. On one hand it would be awesome to come out on top but I also feel like its the nature of the hentai genre to get a bad end, but also that the boss victory is an earned affair, not an assumed one. Like, hmn.

One of the major perks of this game is that losing is as fun as winning, and when you lose, you're not out. I've been on both sides of the coin as far as loyalty, and I think i'd put it this way:

play and hope to win, but don't mind it if things take a turn for the worse? Being self aware of the hentai genre stage, basically.

One thing I was wondering was what happens if the players all lose? Do we swap sides and invade the academy and go after the valkyrie's remaining girls? play out an orgy and wait for a rescue attempt? Swap points of view and try to manage the very same rescue by guiding the remaining NPCs?

I sort of like the idea of base invasion and making out with whatever resources we can steal or setbacks that are inflictable to further the empresss goals while under the influence - and a point of a(dick)tion for the trouble of falling - but i'm also curious what wicked's and everyone else's thoughts on it are.

I actually really like the idea of the counter-assault, but that is also theoretically more work for Wicked and may need some bending of the setting Iunno.

I figured its a way to play the same way, actually, keeping the mechanics the usual - just flipped around. invading a pure place/gaining purity instead of corruption. You know, that sort of things. I've sort of been wondering if we would ever see a new stage or take a day off/break from the tower and have inter-middle adventures or a side stage - we've done occasional extra adventures. There was a mansion and a sex dungeon split off from the main tower, so its possible to probably other areas might happen? Though I suppose that depends on wicked's inclincations. Still, i'm curious as well.

Didn't have much in mind following a total party corruption, but a dark side after-game might be fun. Maybe something more roleplay and less game?

Also on the topic of rerolls being OP, one rule change I've had in mind a while was a small change to increase the risk of accumulating checks via rerolling.

Basically if you roll normal, competency, and indecency and get a 1, 2, 2, you wouldn't normally earn a check, but you'd definitely want to reroll. The change I had in mind is that if you reroll, the previous set earns a check if a risk die is among the highest, or in other words the risk die "wins" in a tie.

So for example if the result was 2, 4, 4, you might think twice about rerolling since it would change a roll that doesn't earn a check into one that does.

>>163620

Answering in the OOC, because that's what it's for.

And no to that, because you declared an action of retaliating against anyone targeting Sylvie, while the Naga was targeting Nia.

Going to re-stress that you need to be clear with your action declarations.

>>163622

Ugh sorry that was super weak writing of me. I misspoke in the dang thing and then failed to be clear who I was targetting. I blame sleepy last-minute-before bed writing.

Anyway, I was targetting /Nia/ with the hold and /Sylvie/ with the strike.

There I go again being unclear!

Charybdis uses Grapple on Nia

Naga Uses Indecency Attack on Sylvie

>>163631

Technically none of the last turn should have happened. Nia rolled a 6 on the naga 2 turns ago. Naga should have been long dead. I'm beginning to think the RPs aren't read because done characters have been told specific instructions in RP and have been ignored in the update post.

>>163660

Recently I have been relying on the summary more than the full post some turns because my situation forces me to squeeze in a rushed update sometimes while half asleep. Rotating shifts suck.

I will be revising the results later based on that clarification. Looks like the naga should have gone down. That will be tonight however, I'm running late.

Also Snowwoman is a non-transforming type. Unlike blue and stagelight, she can fight, but she still only has one die.

>>163681

>Rotating shifts suck.

I know the feeling, I work two jobs and ~10 hour days if not more. Take your time, it's not an issue if you can't update at a set time. Also the error last turn made for some interesting gameplay anyway.

>>163682

>Also the error last turn made for some interesting gameplay anyway.

And hey, it should give some testing data too. I'll look over the rolls a bit and take down anything of note.

>>163681

'sall good boss, we'll get it sorted. Don't kill yourself rushing out quick updates, we want YOU to have fun too!

>>163681

>post some turns because my situation forces me to squeeze in a rushed update sometimes while half asleep. Rotating shifts suck.

oh gosh. You do you, wicked. If you need time, take it. Also, lately I feel like -everyone- in the game has had a super rushed/funky schedule lately. Its not a crime to ask your work for consistent or not-fml schedules :(.

I know at least 2-3 people in the game that need better jobs.

>>163661

>I swear that Naga is invincible. It's taken two extra 6 hits and survived.

Its funny, given how quickly the 1 die tentacle went down, i was sort of thinking monsters could use a small bonus to survivability, like an extra hit or something or a turn of unlife past death. And its already happened due to glitches! hah!

So uh. huh. if the naga was supposed to be dead already, does that mean my attack hits the captain?

>>163681

>Also Snowwoman is a non-transforming type. Unlike blue and stagelight, she can fight, but she still only has one die.

Huh. i forgot about these. What are non transforming types like?

>>163847

They lack the indecency stat, making them more fragile. Most are going to be utility types like blue and stagelight that are automatically capable of doing powerful and useful things without the need to roll for success. (Though using those abilities often demands an exposure check.)

Snowwoman is a special case because I had decided to put the character in but later decided you were getting too many members in the helper army. I should probably give her a useful primary ability soon.

>>163860

Makes sense. Also whats going on with this turn? I think the lack of posting is due to some confusion about what's going on.

>>163864

Oh right, need to make a revision post.

There, and because it's technically already Monday, the next update will be Wednesday.

How do grapple/escape grapple rolls work now?

>>163968

I think you have to beat the grapple with a remaining action die (which gets harder as you lose more actions). Correct me if i'm wrong!

Hmn. Interesting turn! is anyone waiting on anyone to post/see what unfolds? i have a few ideas for what to do. Who else is musing?

>>163970

Correct, a hold can be broken with an action that beats the current strength. Strength of a hold will go down by 1 each turn. Starting strength is the successful die roll, possibly reduced depending on how high a conflicting roll by the target is.

>>163973

Tie still goes to player right? Or in this case non-corrupted?

>>163973

just to confirm, you don't need to take an action to get out of the pin specificlaly, its just there's a chance of failure of your action due to opposition?

>>163881

Alright, questions and refresher course for people here, my self included.

If you're stripped and at indecency 6, what happens? Your transform goes down, and you lose access to some dice, right? (I forget if its the normal, or the magic skills) - do you retain access to the third/nonmagic character skill one?

If you choose to remain in combat due to being stripped, what happens to the mandatory risk die? Does it get set aside/not used, or become corruption?

Its been a while and with the threat of a few girls gettin naked, i think its prudent to ask. oh yeah. and check out silvie's cute butt~

>>163990

Yes, and while you're allowed to attempt to break out and do something afterword in one turn, multitasking rules apply, meaning your roll for the next task will go down based on how strong the hold was.

>>163996

Getting to 6 indecency disables the ability to use your magical specialties. Your third ability however isn't affected and can still be used. Also risk of being forced to take corruption checks goes up, as many situations that would check indecency will tend to test corruption instead.

I haven't been rolling "molesting strike" recently, but the idea is that it's rolled against a character's indecency to test whether a monster or boss is able to get around clothes enough to do corruption damage or change a plain grapple to a sexgrapple. 1d6 is rolled, and it passes if it rolls lower than the target's indecency. It naturally can only fail against an indecency of 1, but always passes against 6 indecency.

Also, I haven't really been enforcing the mandatory risk die as it seems enough of a tradeoff to be unable to reroll. Fluffwise I'd consider it more of a hit and run or otherwise trying to get a quick hit in without taking much of a risk or enough commitment to redouble the effort.

>>163996

hey, quick question. If elly's opposing me and rolled a 4, and I also rolled a four for my action, how does the mutual success on tie thing play out?

Did I roll just well enough to get it sliding by, or should I spend a reroll? I think I just need a five.

>>164069

Tempted to say I "succeed" partially by forcing a corruption roll and you get to do your action. Willing to wait for a ruling though.

>>164073

Rolled for it just in case, even though I hope it doesn't go down that way!

Hey silver, if you're still around, this would be a great time to show back up.

thanks, the remaining pure girls.

>>164073

That's right. It will depend on the actions in question for each case, but the actions in this case don't directly conflict with each other, so both succeed.

There will be cases where the actions are like:

Player A: Do X

Player B: Stop player A from Doing X.

OR

Player A: Stop anyone from doing Y

Player B: Do Y

Obviously success can't be mutual in that event. If a case like that comes up, I think I will resolve it in favor of whoever declared their action first. (Initiative bonus.)

>>164077

If she does return, I have an optional extra credit assignment lined up for her.

>>164077

In regards to your RP, I'm not even sure if I can attack anything this turn. I assume the hand off to to Sylvie worked so I'll just wait.

>>164079

Ah! No, that's a suggestion for coming turns. I don't think you're gonna be able to 'save' silvie at all, unless its through means of getting an opening for her to escape south. What we could really use is another ally.

>>164078

>If she does return, I have an optional extra credit assignment lined up for her.

Uh oh. When you put it like that, it sounds lewd! It involved a dick, doesn't it?

>>164079

I meant to put this in a spoiler in my post but I forgot. Yeah, I'm posting under the assumption the handoff worked, but if it didn't, just say Sylvie dropped it in the tussle or something.

Rolled 4, 1 = 5 (2d6)

>>164067

pale blob, 2d6

>>164080

Before you ask about my choice to reroll, yes I am insane.

Huh, what happened to my post explaining stat checks based on dice?

Well anyway, I haven't officially applied it, I was just bringing it back up since some players have been saying the unlimited opportunity to re-roll felt OP.

As it's gone so far, you only roll a check if risk dice roll higher than other dice in your roll. Here's some examples, all rolls are normal, competency, indecency:

1, 3, 2 Rerolled to

3, 6, 6

NO checks earned. the change applies to the roll being rerolled.

3, 5, 5 Rerolled to

1, 3, 3

Ouch, that's one check earned and the result is lower. Also if you choose to reroll again it will change from a roll that doesn't demand a check to one that does.

If you've looked at the new rules doc, you'll see I have some secions added but incomplete. Gonna try to work on that next.

>>164154

I'm pretty sure I did that correctly. And your post is here >>163612

Okay, I've had an idea so good I want to do it, I just hope it works mechanically, as I've read the rules over thoroughly and there's just *nothing* in the rules for this situation.

So this will be fun!

>>164244

Hmn. So hey, if I want to stop the ship leaving, should I be ready to roll against Charbydis (who's initaiting the action) or individual people wanting to go?

Seems like charybdis, right?

>>164244

… though I sort of like the idea of everyone jumping aboard the boat and having a pirates of the carribean-esque roaving stage battle.

Which is cooler?

idk if I can actually climb a rope as I am now, but I rolled for it.

>>164272

Depends on what exactly you're trying to do i reckon.

>>164244

Seems fine to me, declare action, roll dice, see what happens.

>>164146

Ballsy. I like it.

>>164244

out of curiosity, are you thinking of/handling the wave saber as one of your stats, or as a sort of seperate item/prop/excuse to do ridiculous boss things?

It's definitely an item/prop/excuse - as an ally I'd of course do The Magical Girl Thing and be slightly less ridiculous, but in case anyone forgot, yes, all of Charybdis' power comes from the Infinite Pure Wave Saber.

>>164292

Then I guess we'll just have to steal it! plan of action, snagged! This ship shall not sail.

>>164461

For sake of RP I doubt Wicked would allow it to be stolen without some sort of detrimental effect, else I would have done it on turn 1.

>>164462

I was actually wondering this myself, and I think the captain was expecting us to try to steal it, and wondering why we hadn't! At least when I asked, anyway.

if this is a course of action we can take, I think that is the play we make

Wait, where did my hold on Nia go? :|a

It would only be a 1 point hold by now, but it's actually not been accounted for the past two turns?

Not that it particularly matters against the current role, just making sure I didn't miss something.

>>164504

I'm guessing it got broken with her action.

Now, time to figure out what i'm doing.

so out of curiosity, what CAN i use the dark crystal for? i remember it used to be used to rematerialize uniforms, and crystal burst was neat. could it be used to do something special instead of a normal use?

Dark magic's pretty handy, but i have a few ideas and i'm not sure what's feasable. any guidelines or tips for what its useful for my upcoming turns?

Also, thanks to elly for the suggestion of 'just crash it in there'. snowwoman, roll high!

also, pre-emptive apologies for a somewhat complex action for wicked.

and a clarification on favor dice. do we hae to roll it? is it added to someone else's action? should I spend a second one? I know what i want to do/accomplish, but not mechanically. Its been forever since they have been spent, and i assumed only one could be spent - wasn't sure if I should roll as part of the action, or let snow take it.

Thoughts?

>>164596

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk-afAB18VU best plan needs best music. update tensions!

I approve of all this dramatic tension and piratical music being play. THE PIRATE EPISODE HAS NO BRAKES.

>>164604

https://anttimartikainen.bandcamp.com/album/set-sail-for-the-golden-age this is the best composer of pirate music i know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcPf4yKSe38

guy makes some great tunes. enjoy, everyone!

Exciting outcome!

Confession I have no idea what happens next. DO I need to keep hauling ass? :|a

>>164649

From what I recall, most girls get a free move on their turn, so yes!

Moving extra fast takes actions, and things get slightly more hairy if there's complications in a room. As a dark girl, I think you get a pass on room hazards, but the pure ones get a risk of running into them if they run through dark rooms.

I think the most anyone's moved is 2-3 squares in one go; by rolling a competency die/forgoing normal.

So yeah! you're not out of the woods yet, and now's a good chance to go spend some favor (i forget if you have any) to run a gauntlet of monsters and traps like a scooby doo chase sequence.

>>164651

Pretty sure I don't have favor. Haven't thrown anything in the GM's favor other than 'being the punching bag (for a given value of punching bag) and taking some of the pressure off of GMing in theory even though I probably made it worse by being new and being super unsure on the rules/in new territory'

Also @Wicked I emailed you about my next move.

Not that I'm 100% sure what to do with it.

Also, not directed at anyone specifically, I am such a slut for leaving a mark that I'm kinda sad the ropes got destroyed. :<

>>164652

>Also, not directed at anyone specifically, I am such a slut for leaving a mark that I'm kinda sad the ropes got destroyed. :<

Well, you stuck elly with a raised Addiction. I suspect they're going to return in some fashion or another as a lasting… remark. Of some kind or another. to what end, i can't say.

>>164689

>>164652

Funny you mention that. I was thinking about what I could change if she gets turned back. Was thinking something on her necklace or an outfit detail.

also I totally intended for the rope harness to be the last thing to go. Guess I forgot about it the other day, my bad

At this point I'm at an impasse. I can have Nia go north and potentially finish off Charybdis but I feel that's not wanted by at least 2 players. Might just skip this turn then unless someone says otherwise. I have work until literally 22 hours from right now anyway so it's doubtful I can get a reply in before updates anyway, since phone posting doesn't work.

>>164695

My suggestion might be to rescue snow woman and then back off ; i think the captain is likely to run away further -

and this means there's a risk in blindly chasing her throuhg unrevealed dark rooms.

mind you that could be fun, but I think the best result is to ask about what silvie and charybdis want, assume a midway point, and harangue but not hastle them for it - who's to say a few monsters aren't waiting in the wings up north to help the captain cover her escape?

i'm sorta glad it went this way, isabel was going to start gunning for the sabre hard, and i was really torn between taking care of elly and forcing her to withdraw by giving chase.

Dark rooms are staying hidden to keep some mystery, if the captain decides to flee further, I'll just move the token appropriately, which will only hint at the layout.

Pure players and NPCs dragged into the dark will have to examine rooms if they want to see what they're up against terrain-wise, but interacting with your captor is valid even if you don't know what the room around you is like.

>>164712

> I don't think chasing Charybdis is the smart or useful thing to do.

Might as well bail snow woman or try to rescue silvie out! I see what you're trying to do there.

Besides, -something- was slowly picking off all our support. bunny, backstreet, someone else. knowing wicked, there's still some threats out there, and we may just be about to run into 'former' teammates exploring north.

>>158340 I see right around here's passion flower and others started 'disappearing?'

>>164717

I'm not sure Sylvie wants to be saved. And I'm not sure how to go about doing this. Think I'm going to take a few turns off. Have Snow move 2 south please.

Rolled 4 (1d6)

Non-action roll: Will Check

1-2, Sylvie fails

3-6, Sylvie's resolve stays

>>164722

You doin' okay? If there's something wrong we can talk about it.

I'm completely fine with fighting the chase like I said, by the by.

>>164804

Mmmh. Was there anything I could've done about losing Sylvie there? :|a

I'm not gonna oppose it if she isn't, just checking to see if I misplayed in some fashion.

>>164722

something the matter, nia? everything going okay?

>>164806

I think you forgot to (officially vs implied) say you were draggin her by the ropes because she's tied up.

If she's cool with that, its an easy fix. You did beat her roll, anyway. Resolve roles are cute too! only 1/3 tempted? that can be improved!

>>164806

>>164814

>I think you forgot to (officially vs implied) say you were draggin her by the ropes because she's tied up.

Well, if Wicked's willing to revise the post, Charybdis's post here

>And then she's hauling her as fast as she can through the rooms.

would certainly imply an opposition to Sylvie's struggling, so I'd say keep her with the ship with her 6 vs my 5.

Sorry if I've seemed flip-floppy on whether I want Sylvie to break or not and maybe making things needlessly hard and confusing.

>>164827

And if Wicked's not willing to revise at this point, I'd play Sylvie as a much easier target this time, should Charybdis try to reclaim her.

I guess this sort of thing was bound to happen when I made my OOC goal completely opposed to my IC goal.

>>164828

Forgive me a second, I'm just gonna gush about a favorite system that I don't think reasonably would work for this game /at all/ but I very like.

ahem

-actually, to save some space and not derail super hard, have a pastebin of it: https://pastebin.com/T8aaqFPD

But yeah, I'm holding off posting 'til we get official word as I don't think that turned out how either I or Sylvie thought it should have.

>>164853

Sorry, in general I go more by the (ideally bolded) summary. I let her loose mainly because she beat the strength of the hold. Keep in mind that I'm glancing between multiple posts and comparing dice, so more subtle declarations of intent mixed with fluff will often get lost while I'm deciding what post links to group and narrate together, comparing dice, and moving markers around the display map.

With that clarification in mind, I will pull Sylvie along and possibly raise hold strength based on a second look at the dice.

Yeah, I'll try to be more thorough and complete with them in future turns.

Just a reminder if anyone needs to contact me, I'm pretty much always lurking on F-chat while I'm at home.

https://www.f-list.net/c/meddlesome%20mahous/

My game-specific profile

https://www.f-list.net/c/rachel%20macleod/

https://www.f-list.net/c/yvianne

Two other profiles that are what I commonly use for F-chat

Also a reminder that since my No list is a little slim and kind of flexible, consider me down for anything in this game. Throw me into your magical realm and I'll pick up a tour guide while I'm there!

Courtesy of OOC talk 'twixt I and Sylvie:

One of the places we mentioned this little corruption scene going involved a chastity belt. That is super my kink but I'm well used to it being super not or even squicky for other players, so:

Is it cool with everyone if chastity kink is involved? Objections?

I admit I am super for this sort of tradition of marking girls because THAT IS MY FETISH LITERALLY.

But also just like, adding additional stakes and variations to things like that. I can see similar things happening if we manage to turn to a full evil campaign against the Valkyrie, and get captured by the pure side and so on.

There's lots of lovely potential here.

>>164939

>Stripped+Corruption from a more drawn-out process adding a permanent penalty as opposed to just forcing Corruption checks on a clothed heroine

I definitely like this idea.

I also like your pictures.

I would post, but Sylvie is in a poor position to be proactive. Sort of waiting on Charybdis…

>>165099

Could roll a pre-emptive corruption check? Do you need one of those?

>hold strength 6

>rolled 5

Well it looks like that's that!

>>164909

>Also putting forth the petition to mark any defeated girl who gets separated.

Funny, my first thought on reading this is 'great, now that's something to do to the evil girls too~'! what manner of stuff are they going to be marked with! :)

>>164939

..though, there's something to this.

>What I am proposing is the first "thorough conversion" is capped off with the placement of a permanent curse mark, with a built-in effect that makes it easier for her to be reclaimed. No field-purification can remove it, as it is tied directly to the Empress's power.

>Mechanically, this makes [INDECENCY] slightly more important, as the threat of defeat>abduction>thorough conversion can leave you with a penalty even if you are saved.

Hmn. This sounds a lot like how Addiction is supposed to work! My thought at seeing this was 'finally, it does something!' but also, I think this is the first time since the start of the new system that its been raised.

I guess my question is how do you remove curses, and how hard is it to jump through hoops to get rid of it (at the end of a floor, perhaps, or goign through a level without turning?)

And also: should this be something that ties into Addiction? Such as it only going up after a 'full defeat', and/or, for example: you might get +1 to sexgrapple corruption checks at 2. What about corruption die rolls at 3, encouraging people to fall back under her sway if they draw on her power?

>>165131

>Could roll a pre-emptive corruption check?

>5+1

I really hope Charybdis checks in and does something with that…

Sorry to make you worry. Charybdis is here, I just needed the break to deal with other things. I'm gonna grab breakfast and then DESTROY Sylvie if I can manage it.

>>165174

My thoughts on this, assuming Wicked doesn't have a specific reason for it to be one way or the other: depends on the player.

I have the sneaking suspicious Sylvie has no intention to lose her curse, so if /she's/ fine with it, it's, oh, finely crafted and not removable unless Calista is defeated. Whereas another player may be more determined to resist the inevitable fall to darkness and depravity and gets some more doable removal condition.

So, per the post that just went up:

My thoughts on what precisely happened here: Curse marks don't need to have additional effects - the +1 to corruption rolls is already a phenomenal boon to the dark side. However, I thought it would be super awesome to work an in-character reason for them varying from girl to girl into the story - they react to the girl's most hidden desires.

In this case, since Sylvie enjoys her punishment so much, she gets an additional effect: can't masturbate. she can still get fucked, as evidenced by charybdis' knee not being /forced/ away, and even take a domineering role if she's able to pin someone down, she just can't *self* pleasure.

Basically a case of using kinks to extend the situation in a roleplay-y way that may or may not enforce in mechanics. :D

Sorry for the wait everyone, I was a wreck the past few days. I'm going to do the update now and then skip Wednesday to hopefully resume the regular schedule on Friday.

>>165161

>I guess my question is how do you remove curses, and how hard is it to jump through hoops to get rid of it

Well, the curse mark falls easily withing the realm of complications, but that alone doesn't answer much since some complications last a specific number of turns, other just sit until a successful action removes it, and Sylvie's change in size tends to become inactive (but still part of fluff) when she gets stripped and has to regenerate from 6.

I'm thinking of making the curse mark a bit "sticky." that it takes very relevant means and a good roll to remove. It's as good as permanent if nobody bothers trying too hard to remove it. (Example: Ecectric Idol's Entranced)

If I wanted to make it particularly tenacious, I'd apply a thought I had: specific actions being unable to be rerolled. On the fence whether to use it for this, but basically it might end up seeming appropriate for a scenario or two later. (probably something where from a roleplay standpoint there's a very narrow opportunity of doing something so anyone attempting it has only one shot.)

Also addiction checks sound like an idea I had for a character having specific vices they can be tempted with. However my idea was that if the vice was in play, current corruption served as opposition. Passion Flower would naturally have one of the most crippling ones.